Page 0: Page 1: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE POOR Click to continue - turn your speakers on Page 2: A rich parent, wishing that his son learns what it means to lack the luxury he lived in, sent him to stay with farmers on their farm. Page 3: The son spent three days and three nights on the farm. Page 4: Driving back to the city, the father enquired on his son’s experiences, to which the son repled that his stay was a positive one. Page 5: Have you learnt anything, asked the father. Page 6: Oh yes, replied the son: 1 – We have one dog whilst they have four. Page 7: 2 – We have a swimming pool as large as our garden and full of chemically treated water. They have a river with crystal clear water, full of various types of fish and fauna . Page 8: 3- We use electricity to lit up our garden; they have the moon and the stars to brighten up their fields. Page 9: 4 – Our garden extends up to the boundary wall; their land up to the horizon. Page 10: Page 11: 6 – Our music comes from CDs; their lives are brightened by a continuous symphony of birds, crickets , animals and other sounds from nature .... Page 12: ... And which, on occasion, is also accompanied by the voices of neighbours working in the adjoining fields. Page 13: 7 – That we use microwaves and other modern appliances, but our food lacks the flavour of their food, which is cooked on a slow buring fire. Page 14: 8 – That to protect ourselves, we live behind walls and burglar alarms whilst they live with doors wide open and protected by their neighbours’ friendship. Page 15: 9 – That our lives are dependent on mobile phones, computers, television and theirs enriched by life, the sun and the sky, the land and their livestock, their families. Page 16: The father was utterly stunned by his son’s reflections. His son then added: Page 17: In a nutshell, thank you for showing me how poor we are! Page 18: Indeed, with every passing day we tend to become poorer because we distance ourselves further from nature, God’s greatest gift to mankind. Page 19: And we are more preoccupied with accumulating possessions and riches rather than enjoying this wonderful gift of nature and being thankful for being alive and well. Page 20: H A V E A G O O D D A Y. Page 21: